![]() He was Stanton Lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge for 2006–7. He has published widely on Romantic literature, especially on Coleridge, Wordsworth and Blake, as well as on Victorian and modern literature. john beer is Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Cambridge, and Emeritus Fellow of Peterhouse. ![]() ![]() A leading scholar in Romantic literature and theology, John Beer offers a persuasive new account of post-revolutionary continuities between the major Romantic writers and their Victorian successors. This book traces the impact of revolution on language, from William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth, to William Hazlitt, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell and George Eliot. ![]() ![]() Even the authority of language as a cornerstone of knowledge was called into question and the founding principles of intellectual disciplines challenged, as Romantic writers developed new ways of expressing their philosophy of the imagination and the human heart. ROMANTICISM, REVOLUTION AND LANGUAGE The repercussions of the French Revolution included erosion of many previously held certainties in Britain, as in the rest of Europe. ![]()
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